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AES AES Price / earnings

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.2B+8.7%
Gross profit$640.0M+45.1%
Net income$487.0M+959%
EPS (diluted)$0.68+871%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.3B-9.6%
Total debt$1.2B+17.8%
Total equity$4.4B+27.5%
Total assets$52.8B+8.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.2B+120%
CapEx$1.8B+40.8%
Free cash flow-$565.0M+20.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.43B+13.6%
P/S0.8×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin19.3%+1.7pp
Net margin10.8%+0.2pp
FCF margin-11.8%-4.4pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity34.3%-6.4pp
Debt / equity0.3×0.0×
Current ratio0.7×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from AES’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: AES’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is AES's price / earnings?
AES (AES) reported price / earnings of 7.4× in Q1 2026.
How has AES's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
AES's price / earnings increased by 8.8% year-over-year, from 6.8× to 7.4×.
What is the long-term trend for AES's price / earnings?
Over 2 years (2020 to 2025), AES's price / earnings has grown at a -81.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 340.6× to 11.2×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.